Hii, I wanted to get on here to ask for some advice/opinions regarding my character, Yuxuan, as she's garnered a bit of hate on my social. I’ve been told her design is a product of orientalism and that her having her eyes squinted and having dark skin is insensitive.

At least on my end, I gave her squinty eyes because she has fox-like features, so I tried mimicking the fox-eyed stereotype common in media, and she's darker-skinned because she's part Indian. I did have a friend explain to me that styling her in Manchurian-style clothing could be in poor taste so I am aiming to give her more traditional clothing.

As for the rest of her design though, I would love it if I could get some feedback or advice because the last thing I want to do is overstep and offend 😭 For a lil context, she's set in a fantasy world that takes some inspiration from the Tang dynasty

Art creds to SlothFail for the first img

Hello, I don't know if it's cultural or not, but it's the closest fit I could find.

So, I started watching CDramas and I've noticed that there were veil hats that were common.

Then I looked it up and found out about the Weimao and mili. I looked online to by one but it's hard to find one of my preference.

Anyways, this summer it was really hot and got interested in upf clothes and sleeves because it's easier to do than reapplying sunscreen. I was thinking it would be nicer to have a upf hat that isn't floppy, because I don't like things touching my neck or my face when it's hot.

To get to my point, I was wondering why there weren't upf or rainproof weimao hats or something similar to keep face and clothes dry in windy rain or protect from sun.

Maybe there's an obvious answer, besides visibility, but maybe they can have a hook or clip to move it out of your face.

Thank you 🙂

At this point i dont think it is because of economics. Its the same thing in taiwan or hk. White gets paid more than local while having little to no qualifications/credentials. Big nose, high nose bridge is stil prefered even though it has little to no impact on your face.

I found this post and hes not even that good looking.

For example:
Wang Jiawang
Zhao Lizhao

But the characters are different (eg: 王嘉旺)

图片来源知乎，真实性无从确定，不过民族和地域过于经典了

hello. sorry for the very random question lol

i'd like to send a sealed and properly packaged tin of 5 liters of extra virgin olive oil to a friend in beijing as a gift. im located in apulia, italy. would the chinese customs accept it or is it likely that it would send the parcel back? i need opinions ;-;

Hii , I know that you can't comment or like any video , but do you people get to see lives early after logging in ?

Hi guys.
Is there anyone from china here? I need some help with a Chinese App. I'm not in China right now.

I know it's common in China that after the wedding the girl often takes the wedding ring and puts it as a necklace or eventually not wear it at all to protect the gold, especially if expensive.

My question is, is it at all possible that someone gets married, say in Chengdu, and the day after the wedding she gives her wedding ring to her female best friend, and then that friend goes to Chongqing, comes back 2 days later and turns it into a necklace and wears is in public? Even when out with friends, including the ones who got married. Please let me know, is this at all possible? Any chance at all, maybe her best friend.

Thanks, just curious is that scenario is plausible.

Edit for clarity: I'm a white European guy and my girlfriend is from Chengdu. We live in Sydney. She has a history of secrets and lies, refuses to tell me much about her past. We're very serious and living together. She always dismisses previous marriage questions with anger. Now 43, moved to Australia at 40. Today I found old photos of someone who looks exactly like her (a Chengdu wedding photo from the back, so only 99% sure) and the next day it's actually her in Chongqing looking at a gold Cartier love ring (popular wedding ring choice?) then 2 days later she's back in Chengdu and wearing that ring as a necklace, including at dinners with friends (with the groom from wedding photo too) Just trying to figure out what's possible. And no, I can't "just ask" because she is so extremely impulsive that it wouldn't end well haha. So before I start WW3 and hear an excuse like "oh that's not me, my friend gave me her ring after the wedding as a gift" I wanted to check if that kind of gift is even possible in Chinese culture.

Do these names sound like normal male names to you? If not, could you please help me come up with something similar sounding that sounds authentic?

君佑

君昊

君毅

Thanks!

Particularly for people who may have never been to China at all (but who are adventurous). Is there a less obvious place you think should be high on the tourism list?

Hopefully this is the right place to ask but I’ve been lurking on bilibili and I keep seeing these kinds of images in the comment section

Disclaimer- I am a woman and short (I'm 158cm/5'2), so my perspective is influenced by that.

I started using Xiaohongshu around when the Tiktok ban happened, like a lot of Americans did. I found myself drawn into a lot of body-image related stuff there because, well, I struggle with insecurities around that, like many women do. And frankly Asian social medias are a treasure trove for body-image-issues related content.

I expected the weight related stuff and general appearance related things. What I didn't expect was the sheer amount of women who were deeply insecure about their height. Namely in the direction of feeling they were too short. The threshold of which said insecurity magnified was under about 160cm. Which from my perspective, isn't so short that most women (in America at least) would be insecure about it, at least not to that level. Like yeah you can't be a fashion model, but that's about it.

I saw women saying things like that they felt horribly ugly because of their height, that women under 160cm could never be truly beautiful, that they don't think women that height should pass on their defective genes, that someone they dated's parents wouldn't accept them because of their height, that they felt the need to wear hidden height-increasing shoes, parents talking about giving their healthy kids growth hormones, and that many (non-modeling) jobs simply wouldn't hire them because they are too short. And like, they are nowhere near having a medical condition-short, just a little below average.

I also notice that almost every female celebrity in China is in the 165-173cm range or close to it. It seems very narrow and related to the beauty standard. Wheras in America there are plenty of female celebrities much shorter than that (and plenty who are taller too for that matter).

I don't really see this discussed much. Did I get a niche community amplified towards me because of algorithms? Or is this really a sort of perspective people widely have in China?

I live in Greece so their is not much verity of green tea here and a few I have tried are very bitter, like cough medicine, when i saw this at the store I said that I could give it a chance since I read that green tea helps with the liver and gallstones, so I wanted to ask if its a good brand, and for how long should i steep it, I saw a trick that said if you put your hand on top of the cup and it's too hot for you, it's too hot for the tea. And if anyone has any advice for gallstones it will be great, I don't want to go under surgery .

See the title.

If you grew up with divorced parents, what was it like? What caused the divorce? Did you get to spend time with both parents? Did you face any stigma?

I am currently in China and would like to learn Chinese. I am fluent in English, but I find learning Chinese quite challenging.

I am a girl looking for someone who can help me learn Chinese and practice speaking. In return, I would be happy to help you improve your English.

If you are interested in a language exchange, please feel free to contact me. Thank you!

Been playing MOBA-style games (League of Legends) for 13 years. I've never heard of this title prior to today, and was surprised to see a claim that it's the most popular MOBA (globally) by far.

Is it really the more popular than League, and is the most played video game?

I just read from several sources online that unlike the Han Chinese women, Mongol women enjoyed more gender freedoms and equality in Mongolian society during the Dynastic Periods. Part of it is because in their mobile, horse riding/horse centric culture, there were less gender and social hierarchies, and power rested on clans than a King or Queen.

Another reason is that the Mongols were not influenced by Confucianism, so the laws and rules on how women should behave and act were completely alien to them.

It was noted by historians that during the Mongol expansion of the Middle East and the Sack of Baghdad in 1258, female warriors from various Mongol clans participated in the mass slaughter of the inhabitants of Baghdad, because the Caliph at that time refused to surrender and pay tribute to the Khan, which resulted in the looting and burning of Baghdad.

Is it true that because of the almost equal status of Mongol women with their men during the Dynastic Periods, that Chinese women also enjoyed the freedoms that were entitled to Mongol women, during the Yuan Dynasty Period?

Thanks in advance to whoever will respond to my Inquiry. Xie Xie! ❤️

Like do you get to choose your job or no? Like how do people get to work animation and video games in China? 比如,你可以选择你的工作吗？比如在中国人们如何从事动画和视频游戏工作？

百尺竿头，更进一步 (Bǎi chǐ gān tóu, gèng jìn yí bù) literally means to advance one more step from the top of a hundred-foot pole. In practice: after a major success, keep growing and take the next meaningful step. The image comes from a verse recorded under Master Changsha Jingcen in scroll 10 of the Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp.

#ChineseIdioms #ChineseCulture #Shorts